First truth (Jainism)

All living beings have an immortal soul - [jiva]

- which is not perceived by the senses but manifests in consciousness. Liberated or pure souls inhabit the [siddha-loka]

, permanent and unchanging. Other souls are embodied and subject to the cycle of birth, death and rebirth. Souls are uncreated, self-existent, having no beginning and no end.

The first truth on the journey of the soul.